Thousands of military personnel supported armored vehicles and trucks occupy a most dangerous slum in the city of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , Saturday ( 04/05/2014 ) , in an effort to increase security before the start of the 2014 World Cup .
The move is the latest attempt to get rid of the Brazilian government's drug gangs from slums Mare which has become a haven for organized crime groups in Rio de Janeiro .
Mare residential compound , which was inhabited by 130,000 people , is one that will be crossed by the football fans who come to the metropolis that hosted the World Cup seven parties , including the final which was held July 13 .
Police special operations battalion very ditakutiyang include heavy weapons and backed by helicopters and armored vehicles , had been slum -Mare on March 30 .
However , at the time of 2,700 army personnel , Marines and military police entered the slum on Saturday morning , barely unrest and clashes .
The inhabitants of Mare still work as usual when security forces entered the broad settlement , with occasionally poked their heads through the window to watch the movement of the security apparatus in place .
Even though it looks safe , virtually no citizens Mare who is willing to talk to reporters for fear of reprisals drug gang members . Unless a woman , who, though willing to talk but does not want his identity known .
" I hope the conditions here will continue to improve , " she said .
Military forces that displace 1,500 police personnel have been stationed at Mare since Sunday ( 03/30/2014 ) . Since that day , police reported a 36 times clash with suspected gang members who menewaskn 16 people , wounded eight people and 118 others were detained .
In addition . Police also seized a large number of firearms , including 24 grenades , two machine guns , more than 100 hand-held weapons , thousands of rounds of ammunition and more than 1,000 tons of marijuana , cocaine and heroin .
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